My chuckle was a little hoarse. I’d already been turned on before we’d started this game. Chasing Julia down had increased my arousal. Now, seeing her nearly naked in my bed, I had to bite back a moan.
“You’re making this very hard for me,” I accused.
Julia laughed at my statement. “Then I’m doing my job. It needs to be hard for what I have in mind.”
“Is that so,” I asked as I moved to kneel on the bed beside her. “What exactly do you have planned?”
“I was thinking you could slide your incredible dick into me and make me scream,” she cooed, rolling onto her stomach and resting her head on her crossed arms as she regarded me.
“Are you trying to tempt me to spank that perfect ass of yours?” I asked, reaching out to massage her backside.
“Maybe another time,” she replied on a moan. “I really do need you now.”
I was satisfied with her surprised yelp when I gave her ass a light swat. “Impatient witch,” I murmured before pushing her hair to the side so I could see my mark on her neck. Thanks to the werewolf magic I’d shared with Julia, the bite was healing quickly and already beginning to scar.
“Please, Gryph,” she panted out.
I moved to straddle her thighs before leaning forward to put my teeth on the mark at the back of her neck. Julia’s needy whimper proved she was as hot from me touching the mark as I was. With my teeth still on the mark, I pressed against her ass so she could feel how hard I was.
When Julia wiggled under me, I bit down until she stilled. Releasing her neck, I ran my tongue along my mark before speaking. “You drive me out of my fucking mind. Trying to control my desire around you is a form of sensual torture. I’m never sure if I want the torture to end or last forever when I’m with you.”
“Don’t control yourself,” she pleaded.
“I’m still afraid of hurting you, Sass,” I confessed. “I’m not good at being gentle.”
“Gentle isn’t what I’m looking for,” she practically purred.
Chapter 60
Julia
My words had the desired effect if Gryph’s low growl was any indication. His restraint was sweet, but it wasn’t what I needed. I loved Gryph just the way he was. I also trusted he wouldn’t really hurt me.
“Is this what you want?” he rasped out before his teeth bit down on the soft flesh where my neck and shoulder joined.
“Goddess, yes,” I breathed out, wiggling under him.
“Don’t move,” Gryph growled as he sat up. Still straddling my thighs, he smacked my ass again. I yelped at the sting. When he began massaging my backside, I moaned, arching up against his hand.
He smacked my ass two more times, the sting startling yelps out of me. “I told you not to move,” he commanded. “I never got to fully enjoy this side of your body. You are fucking gorgeous laid out for me like this.”
A whimper escaped my lips as Gryph’s teeth nipped my earlobe. I’d never realized how erotic biting could be before Gryph.
“A body like this needs to be worshipped,” he continued before moving down so he could run his tongue from the base of my spine to the mark on my neck. It was a struggle to remain still.
“Do you like that?” he asked.
“Yes,” I uttered. “I like it when your mouth is on me.”
Gryph growled as he gently bit my shoulder blade before moving down my body. His tongue and teeth teased all the way down my back. When he nipped one butt cheek, I nearly screamed.
“Hush,” he crooned as he moved further down my body to straddle my calves. His hand massaged the crease between my thigh and my backside.
My moan echoed through the room as I pressed my thighs closer together.
Gryph smacked my ass again. “I’m beginning to wonder if you keep moving because you like it when I spank you, Sass,” he mused. “Is that why you do it? Do you like it when I smack that perfect ass of yours?”
I let out a strained laugh before responding. “That’s not why, but I do like it.”
“Why are you wiggling around?” he asked as he slipped his hand between my thighs, pushing them apart to stroke the fabric of my panties at my opening.
I whimpered, unable to make a coherent response.
“Is this what you want?” he asked as his fingers slipped into my panties to stroke my achingly aroused flesh.
“More,” I pleaded.
“More what, baby?” he crooned as his fingers continued moving against me, slowly teasing my opening.
“In me,” I panted out. “I need your fingers in me.”
Gryph chuckled. “I love seeing you aching for my touch as much as I’m always aching for yours.”
I was worried he planned to tease me more, and ready to protest until one long finger slid inside of me. My moan echoed throughout the room as Gryph slowly thrust his finger in and out of my body.
“Is that what you need?” he rasped out. “Or do you need more?”
“More,” I breathed out. “Please, Gryph.”
A second finger joined the first, and he thrust them faster in my body. I began rocking my hips against his hand. Each time I moved my hips, the lace stroked my clit.
“That’s it,” Gryph ground out. “Move your hot pussy against my hand. Clamp down around my fingers like you’ll soon be clamped down around my dick. I can’t wait to feel you all around me, Sass.”
My response was a moan as I pushed back against his hand. With each thrust of his fingers, my body coiled tighter, bringing me closer to the edge.
Gryph’s own breathing had become labored as he continued to work my body, driving me closer to my climax. Just when I was about to come, he removed his fingers.
“No!” I protested, angling my body to turn toward him.
Gryph spanked me hard, drawing a ragged moan from my lips. “Put a pillow under your hips, Sass,” he commanded as he climbed off the bed and stripped before grabbing a condom.
As I put the pillow under my hips, I watched Gryph tear open the condom package with his teeth before rolling it down his dick. When he returned, he straddled my hips and used his hand to spread me open so he could slide into my body.
I moaned as he pressed into me. In this position, he felt even bigger, and I was glad he was taking it slow.
“You feel incredible,” he praised as he continued to press into my body. “Your body was made for me.”
I arched up some to meet his slow, shallow thrusts. Already near orgasm, I was desperate for more. I pushed against him, trying to encourage him to move faster. Gryph took his time, slowly increasing the speed and intensity of his thrusts. Each movement heightened my arousal as he brought me closer to the edge. I continued to tighten around him, increasing the delicious friction.
Gryph’s groans grew louder as his thrusts became more desperate. I pressed my hands against the mattress as I pushed back against him. My moans soon turned to screams and my body exploded around Gryph’s.
The pulsing of my orgasm was enough to send Gryph over the edge with me.
It took me some time to recover from my intense climax. When I did, I found Gryph lying beside me, watching me.
“Hey there, beautiful,” he murmured. “How are you feeling?”
“Like I might never be able to walk again,” I admitted in a sleepy voice. With the last of my energy, I rolled to my side and buried my face against Gryph’s chest. “You are incredible.”
“I love you, Sass,” he murmured as he drifted off to sleep.
With a contented sigh, I fell asleep in the arms of the man I loved.
Chapter 61
Julia
In the time I’d been staying with Gryph, I’d come to realize he needed less sleep than I did. I was surprised he was still sleeping at nine at night. This was definitely going to throw his schedule off, but it had been impossible to wake him up, so I’d headed downstairs to look for food.
The knock on Gryph’s front door interrupted me on the way to the kitchen. Gryph had great lighting on
his porch, so even in the dark, I could check the peephole before opening the door. Ray and Lauren stood on the porch. I’d expected a visit from them eventually to complain about us waking up the neighborhood kids when we’d used their pool.
When I opened the door, I immediately started in with my apology. “I’m so sorry about waking up the kids when we were using your pool.”
Ray chuckled at my apology. “Don’t worry about it, Julia,” he assured me.
“While we’d rather have them sleep during the day, they had a wonderful time,” Lauren added. “Thank you so much for putting up with them.”
“They were a great distraction on a rough day,” I told her before stepping back. “Would you like to come in? Gryph’s still asleep, but you’re welcome to join me while I look for some food, or do you need to get back to the kids?”
“The girls have a play date,” Lauren explained as they stepped inside and followed me into the kitchen.
“That must be nice,” I remarked. “I still can’t believe you have three children. I’d heard vampires only have one.”
“That’s true,” Ray confirmed. “We all have one child. In most cases, we save the eggs and sperm to use with a surrogate human later.”
“Many vampires aren’t cut out for parenting,” Lauren added. “Those of us living in this part of the community raise the children. Biologically, we only have a tie to Cecily, the youngest. She’s our great granddaughter.”
I’d just pulled out some sliced cheese, bread, and butter when I looked over at the vampire couple.
They both laughed at my expression.
“It must be hard to believe we’re that old when we don’t look old enough to drive,” Lauren remarked.
“It’s just that you act so young,” I explained.
Gryph walked into the kitchen wearing nothing but a pair of jeans. His long hair was messy, and it seemed he’d just climbed out of bed.
“Hey there, sleepy,” I greeted him.
“Hi, Gryph,” Lauren called out.
“Hey,” Gryph said, his eyes locked on mine. “Are you having a party without me?”
“I just came down to make something to eat,” I explained. “Lauren and Ray stopped by for a visit.”
“We also wanted to invite you over for the evening since we have no kids tonight,” Ray added.
“We might just stay in tonight,” Gryph told them. “Julia has to work in the morning. Another night would be better.”
“We totally understand,” Lauren said as she sidled closer to me. “I am a little disappointed. I thought we could have a little adult fun.”
Her hand settled on my lower back as she flashed a flirty smile.
“I guess you don’t get much time to just hang out with adults,” Gryph added as he rummaged through the fridge.
“We have a party every week or so that’s adult only,” Ray began. “We’d love it if you could come to one, but we wanted to get to know you better before the others try to steal you away.”
“If you’re comfortable with that sort of thing,” Lauren quickly added.
Gryph scented the air before standing to face his neighbors. “Julia’s my mate, so I’m afraid I wouldn’t like sharing her with others.”
He sounded perfectly calm. As for me, I was still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that I was being hit on by vampire swingers. Thankfully, Gryph handled the rest of the conversation because I was apparently much more prudish than I’d imagined.
“We’re having a party on Saturday,” Lauren told him. “Why don’t you and Julia just come by?”
“It’s not an orgy,” Ray quickly added. “At least, it won’t be if you get there before midnight.”
“We’ll definitely keep that offer in mind,” Gryph assured them politely.
As I fixed my grilled cheese sandwich, we made small talk with Ray and Lauren, all of it seeming more sexually charged than when I’d first met them. After seeing them to the door, Gryph returned to the kitchen chuckling.
“Your vampire neighbors are swingers?” I asked.
“It would seem so,” he replied. “You look quite shocked.”
“The last thing I expected today was to be invited to an orgy hosted by people who look fifteen,” I admitted.
“So, you expected to be invited to an orgy by people who look older than fifteen?” he teased.
I crumpled up my napkin and tossed it at him. “Did you know they’re swingers?”
“Nope,” he admitted. “This is the first time I’ve been invited to an orgy with the vampires. I think they like you better. Not that I blame them. You are nicer to look at. I hope you were okay with me responding to their invitation to the party.”
“I definitely didn’t mind you responding,” I assured him. “That reminds me. Trevor wants to get together. Would you mind if we have them over here this weekend?”
Gryph hesitated. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, Sass.”
“It’ll be fun,” I assured him.
“It could lead people to my home,” he argued.
“They’ll be careful,” I promised. “I’m used to visiting with my friends and family more often. As much as I love spending time with you, if I don’t do some more socializing outside of work, those orgies will start to sound tempting.”
Gryph laughed. “I’m not sure that’s the kind of socializing you want to do.”
“It’s not, but I’ll end up getting desperate.” I told him.
“Fine,” Gryph relented. “We can have your brother and Melina over.”
“Allie and Dylan, too,” I insisted.
“You see them almost every day,” he pointed out.
“But we rarely have a chance to talk at Bliss,” I explained. “With Oliver gone, I need this.”
Gryph moved toward me and wrapped his arm around my waist before kissing the top of my head. I immediately leaned into him and sighed. “How can I say no to you?” he murmured. “It seems I’d do anything to make you happy.”
“I feel the same about you,” I told him. “I’d do almost anything to make you happy.”
“Almost?” he asked, pulling back to regard me with a raised eyebrow.
“No vampire orgies,” I replied with a shudder.
Chapter 62
Gryph
I still wasn’t thrilled with opening up my house to so many people. Part of it had to do with me being antisocial, but there was more to it. My worry that someone would be followed was likely paranoia on my part. With so many people in Julia’s life, Desmond LaCroix couldn’t possibly follow them all.
“Stop frowning,” Julia ordered as she waved a large serving spoon at me.
“I don’t see why we need to have a party,” I grumbled.
“Because I miss hanging out with my friends, and we agreed this was the safest way to make that happen. You could always hang out with Ray and Lauren if you don’t want to be here,” she suggested with a sweet smile. “I’m sure they’d love to have you at their party tonight.”
Julia had not recovered from being invited to an orgy by my neighbors. “You’d really send me to an orgy on my own?”
“Hell no!” she replied. “No orgies for you. I still can’t believe they’re swingers. I’d have never guessed.”
“Know many swingers, Sass?” I asked as I regarded her with one raised eyebrow.
“Not many,” she admitted. “Actually, they’re the first ones I’ve met. Honestly, I expected them to be more out about the whole thing. I thought I’d instantly recognize a swinger.”
I had to laugh at her answer. “They don’t exactly get tattoos or wear club jackets.”
“I suppose you’re right,” she agreed as she set the potato salad on the table and eyed it with wonder.
“It shocks me, too,” I admitted.
“The swinger thing?” she asked.
“No, the fact that my vampire neighbors make the best potato salad. They also grill a mean steak,” I added.
“That shocks you, but not
the swinger thing?” she asked with a shake of her head.
“You’re kind of prudish for a witch who’s friends with a succubus,” I pointed out.
“Half-succubus,” she corrected. “Allie is also nothing like the other succubi, from what I hear. If she were more like them, I’d likely be harder to shock.”
“Allie definitely isn’t your run-of-the-mill succubus,” I agreed. “I’ll bet she wouldn’t be surprised to hear my neighbors are swingers.”
“She’d be shocked,” I insisted. “Do you think it would be rude to tell Allie about Ray and Lauren being swingers?”
“Rude?” I asked.
“Do you think Ray and Lauren would be hurt that I’d betrayed their trust?”
“I don’t think it’s a big secret,” I assured her. “They don’t seem ashamed of what they do, and they never mentioned wanting us to keep it a secret.”
“Maybe that sort of thing is just implied,” she argued. “Maybe it’s always rude to out someone as a swinger.”
“I suppose, if they were witches, it might be a problem for you to share their business,” I remarked. “Even if they run into any of your witch friends, what are the chances they’d talk?”
“You’re right,” she agreed. “It’s not like vampires socialize with other members of the preternatural community.”
“Exactly,” Gryph agreed just as the doorbell rang. “You’d better go let our guests in.”
Chapter 63
Julia
Allie and Dylan were the first to arrive, giving me the opportunity to test my theory that the vampire swingers would shock Allie.
“Hey, Julia,” Dylan greeted me with a hug. He’d always been like a second brother to me. I was glad he’d ended up with Allie. They were a perfect match.
“I’m glad you could make it,” I told them as I hugged Allie.
“How are you doing out here at Gryph’s place?” Dylan asked.
“It must be really weird living near vampires,” Allie added.
“Gryph’s neighbors are all really friendly,” I began. “The ones I’ve met have been friendly, anyway. Very friendly. There was a strange incident.”
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